Milk-bottle holder.



W. FOSTER.

MILK BOTTLE HOLDER.

APPLICATION man MAR. 23, 1914.

1,159,485, Patented Nov. 9, 1915.

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MILK-BOTTLE H LDER.

' Application filed March as, 1914.

To all whom/ it may concernb Be it known that I, VVALIER Fos'rnn, a citizen of the United States,

residing at Ocean City, in the county of Cape May and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in MilleBottle Holders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in milk bottle holders, the object of the invention being to provide a device of this character which may be Connected to a door frame or other support and which will hold the milk bottle at the desired elevation and out of the reach of dogs, cats and the like.

A further object is to provide a device of this character which is composed of a single piece of wire having one end screwthreaded for attachment to the wall or other support and having the other end of the wire positioned at right angles to the screwthreaded portion and operating as a brace or prop to assist in holding the device against downward movement by reason of the weight of the bottle.

With these and other objects in View, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts as will be more fully hereinafter described and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a view in side elevation illustrating my improvements, and Fig. 2 is a perspective view of my improved bottle holder.

My improved device is composed of a single piece of wire which at its intermediate portion is curved in the arc of a circle as shown at l. The ends of the Wires then extend outwardly in a general straight line and parallel to each other as shown at 2, and are then curved or bent upon themselves as shown at 3, and extend r arwardly in close proximity to the outward runs 2 as shown at t. The wire at its ends, extends in rear of the curved portion 1, and the two ends are brought together as shown at 5, one end pointed and screw-threaded as shown at 6, and the other end of the wire coiled around the screw-threaded portion as shown at '1', and then projected at right angles to the screw-threaded portion forming an arm 8 having an eye 9 at its free end. The forwardly projecting arms which are Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 9, 1915.

'Se1ia1No.826,644.- Y Y e formed by the two runs 2 and 4 of the wire above described, are of a strength sufficient to support a milk bottle indicated at 10 and are spaced apart a distance approximately the same as the diameter of the neck portion of the bottle below the bead thereof, so that the bottle is supported upon its bead. The ends 3 are flared outward slightly to guide the bottle into place and by reason of the bends 3, any tendency of the bottle to slip off the holder is prevented. The end 6 is screwed into the support 11 as shown in Fig. l with the arm 8 located against the outer face of the support and if desired, a tack or other suitable holding device (not shown) may be positioned through the eye 9, although in most cases it will not be necessary to provide such an additional securing device. The arm 8 acts as a prop to sustain the weight of the bottle and also limits the inward movement of the screw-threaded end 6, so that it is impossible to screw the device into the door frame or other support 11 beyond a certain point.

It will thus be noted that my improved holder composed of a single piece of wire comprises a bifurcated portion to receive the neck of the bottle, and a screw-threaded portion at the inner end of the bifurcated portion to screw into the support with the member at right angles thereto to strengthen the holder; hence by means of a single wire I provide a supporting device with a plurality of cooperating members as stated.

Various slight changes might be made in the general form and arrangement of parts described without departing from my invention, and hence I do not limit myself to the precise details set forth, but consider myself at liberty to make such changes and alterations as fairly fall within the spirit and scope of the appended claim.

Having thus described my what I claim as new Letters Patent is:

A milk bottle holder composed of a single piece of spring wire curved in the arc of a circle intermediate its ends, the ends of the wire extending outwardly from the curved portion in a straight line and parallel to each other, the ends of the wires at the outer ends of the straight portions bent upon themselves and extended rearwardly in close proximity to the first-mentioned straight invention, and desire to secure by portions, whereby both portions upon each side are adapted to engage the neck of the bottle then curved for a short distance to conform to the ends of the arcuate portion, then bent rearwardly to extend in straight lines for an appreciable distance and then inwardly in alineinent with each other, with said ends of the wire twisted together in rear of and in substantial alineinent with the 10 curved portion, and one end of said wire flopies of this patent may be obtained for five cents sharp and screw-threaded constituting a securing device, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WVALTEB FOSTER.

W itnesses SALLIE R. Fos'rnn, PRESTON S. FOSTER.

each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G. 

